Informed Consent: A Poem
Consent; granting permission Informed consent; granting permission with complete knowledge and complete understanding Granting permission with complete cognition Informed consent ______________________________________ I entered this building today Exhaust and sweat Excitement and fear Chaos, controlled chaos Arriving, leaving, then arriving again An inexhaustible stream Blood in and blood out Sadness and anger Hopes and dreams Truth and illusions Beginning and ending Never ceasing Beginning and ending I entered this building today Cold and hazy Bleak and endless ______________________________________ Informed consent Consent; granting permission Informed consent; granting permission with complete knowledge and complete understanding Granting permission with complete cognition Informed consent ______________________________________ Lying in this bed A tangle of tubes and wires I...